posted at 6:12 pm on April 2, 2014 by Ed Morrissey

Fort Hood has gone into lockdown mode, with orders to “shelter in place,” as reports of another shooting come into newsrooms. Details are sketchy, but there are reports of some soldiers being shot (via Jim Hoft):

We have reports of an active shooter on Fort Hood. We have reports that there are several injuries from this shooting. There is at least one patient being transported to the hospital. We are also getting reports of victims in the Battle Simulation Center on 65th and Warehouse. The suspect is still at large. The shooter was said to be in building 33026 which is the Medical Brigade Building.

Don’t take any of these details as confirmed yet. If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that the first reports from this kind of crisis usually end up either entirely wrong or exaggerated. The lockdown has been confirmed, according to KCEN, by the Facebook page of Fort Hood. They have confirmed that much with CNN, too. CNN now has a report up too:

There is an active shooter at the sprawling central Texas base of Fort Hood, a source at Fort Hood told CNN on Wednesday. The situation is serious and sirens are going off, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. … “They got some kind of shooting incident going on. They haven’t told us anything. It was on post and being handled by the military. Fort Hood has not asked for any assistance,” said Lt. Donnie Adams with the Bell County Sheriff’s Office.

Four and a half years ago, Major Nidal Hassan killed 14 people in a lone-wolf terrorist attack on Fort Hood. So far, we have no indication that this is anything similar.

Update: KAKE reports that there is one person dead and several others injured, but again, be prepared for that to change later.

At least one person is dead after a shooting late Wednesday afternoon on Fort Hood, a post spokesman confirmed. Others were injured in the shooting, but the spokesman didn’t say how many. The gunman is still at large and the spokesman said the incident is being treated as an active-shooter situation.

Update: The FBI announced yesterday that they were tracking a recent Army recruit who threatened a “Fort Hood-inspired jihad against US soldiers:

Federal officials are on the hunt for a recent Army recruit who was reportedly plotting a “Fort Hood-inspired jihad against U.S. soldiers.” News of the recruit’s evil intentions emerged after the FBI’s Kansas City division sent out an alert which was then distributed to the U.S. Marine Corps. The alert allegedly identified the man as Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, also known as “Booker.” The document was then distributed to Kansas City Police and to members of the U.S. Marine Corps to “ inform and protect officers who may encounter this individual or others exhibiting the same aspirations,” Fox reports.

The NYDN reports that the focus of that investigation was in Kansas, not Texas, and so far there isn’t any specific indication that this is connected to that threat. At least, not yet.

Update:Local CBS affiliate KWTX reports that one person has been confirmed killed in this incident, and that as many as 15 others may have been wounded. KCEN is also reporting that one person may be in custody and there may be a second suspect, but we’ve seen that in other incidents just to discover that only one shooter was involved.

Update: NBC has a report from Jim Miklaszewski on the possible number of suspects, but notes that the injuries may only be eight people:

John Thomas Booker, 19, of Topeka, Kan. enlisted in the Army in February and was due to report for basic training on April 7. But the FBI interviewed him in March and alerted the Army, which formally discharged him last week. He is now in an undisclosed mental health facility, sources told FoxNews.com.

Perhaps they are concerned that he recruited others, but it’s another reason to think that the two stories are not linked.

Update: NBC now reports that base officials say only one shooter is involved:

Update: Fox News is suggesting that this is a “soldier on soldier” incident:

A shooting at Ft. Hood that reportedly left three injured Wednesday was a “soldier on soldier” incident without any terrorism link, a senior Department of Homeland Security source told FoxNews.com. The source, who stressed the information was preliminary, added that there was “currently no [counter terrorism] nexus” and said it appears the shooter “killed himself and three soldiers were wounded.” But there were conflicting reports on how many shooters may have been involved, and what happened in the incident. A senior law enforcement official told Fox News that it is believed one shooter has been “neutralized,” and authorities believe there may be another shooter in the vicinity.

Update: Both Fox and CNN are reporting that four people, including the shooter, are confirmed dead:

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Editor’s note: CNN reports that a shooter involved in the Fort Hood incident is dead, according to U.S. officials. NBC is reporting, via a law enforcement source, a shooter has been “neutralized.” This has not been officially announced by authorities. – Stephanie

Are policeman required to put their weapons in a safe while they’re at the police station? Seriously, just wondering. This whole restriction of military personal from having at least a sidearm on their person while in uniform just seems… very wrong.

Especially in light of history.

Especially in light of current warnings that something like this is about to be attempted.

And wtf – the guy was prevented from showing up to basic because they knew he was plotting something… but they don’t know where he is? I have a crazy idea – how about you *arrest* his a$$, and *then* tell him he’s been bumped, rather than tipping him off that you know he’s plotting?

*facepalm*

Midas on April 2, 2014 at 7:16 PM

Active duty military are not trained to fight at home in fact by law they can’t. A military base day to day isn’t like Afghanistan. The only place all military carry a weapon is at a combat base.

If you hadn’t tried to drain that what you call a small puddle, but the EPA calls a pond containing endangered diamond back mosquitoes, then the EPA wouldn’t have had to send that SWAT time out to your place in the middle of the night to adjust your attitude.

VorDaj on April 2, 2014 at 7:18 PM

No, I’ve committed a far GREATER “crime” than that. I’ve voted against HUSSEIN twice now and I (GASP!) oppose “His GLORIOUS Agenda” and am not afraid to state it.

That’s at least enough probable cause to send a whole DIVISION of SWAT pussies in to get me. Fortunately they are likely to get the address wrong and drive their tank over the wrong house giving me ample warning to escape.

True story: in my town, the first time the (then new) SWAT team stormed into action (to apprehend a suspected drug dealer confined to a wheelchair) their suspect GOT AWAY!

Nobody expects secretaries to have guns but the place is full of military. I would expect them to have guns somewhere. On NCIS I notice they put their guns in a drawer and lock it when they come back in. Don’t know if that’s true in the real world but that is what the military people should do.

This is very sound psychology. You must meet your enemies at the proper psychological level. At least a dozen times during the years at HA I have advocated killing Muslim terrorists, sewing their bodies inside of pigs hides and burying them in unmarked graves–all with much publicity. Muslims aren’t afraid to die and dying while at war with Infidels gives them a ticket to their virgin infested paradise.
However being sewed up forever inside an unclean pig means eternal damnation. Of course this will never happen and, consequently, the insane terrorist attacks will never stop.

I was a USMC Recruit at Parris Island, SC during Reagan’s tenure. I had to do a night watch for 3rd Training Battalion. I was handed an M-16A2, a magazine, and 5 rounds of ammo in that magazine, which I placed in the rifle for my patrol. It was required.

Then came Clinton (a few years later), who ordered the disarming of all military personnel on military posts (save the MPs).

So, it is true that US Military personnel are legally disarmed. It is also true that it’s them Democrats what are afraid of boom sticks what disarmded them. (Grammatical and spelling “errors” intentional for effect, you dirty gun-grabbers.)

CNN reports that a shooter involved in the Fort Hood incident is dead, according to U.S. officials. NBC is reporting, via a law enforcement source, a shooter has been “neutralized.” This has not been officially announced by authorities. – Stephanie

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Editor’s note: Federal law Enforcement officials tell NBC News that there is no connection between the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, and a report of a lookout notice sent to local law enforcement last weekend. – Stephanie
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Especially after Hassan, does anyone here think that GWB would NOT allow some form of protection on each and every military base we operate ?? (think air Marshall-style), at the every least !)
These peeps are totally insane, I tell ya !!
ARRRGH.

Good question. I would have fired his ass after his coverage of Hurricane Katrina and his rant outside the Morial Convention Center. He’d interrupt the State of the Union speech to cover a car chase through Van Nuys. He is a complete joke when it comes to covering the news.

Base still on lockdown shelter in place order still in place. One of “my kids” works on post there and is locked down at the moment, cant get to her kids. Another friend is stationed there her hubby is also in the lockdown. All safe though thank god.

FT Hood Director of emergency services confirms shooter neutralized and injured transported to area hospitals. Ft Hood still in lockdown and Law Enforcement still clearing base of any potential threats. Shooter believed to be a soldier. Shooting took place in a workplace facility. – WBAP

Base still on lockdown shelter in place order still in place. One of “my kids” works on post there and is locked down at the moment, cant get to her kids. Another friend is stationed there her hubby is also in the lockdown. All safe though thank god.

canditaylor68 on April 2, 2014 at 7:43 PM

It will take a while.

I don’t even work at the Washington Navy Yard and I was in a lockdown situation for hours just because I was in a DoD facility in the DC area at the time.

Seriously so long as Hussein isn’t part of the name; nobody is going to care.

Happy Nomad on April 2, 2014 at 7:43 PM

Most likely an American islam convert would be my guess. Which means the media will INSIST on using his pre-islamic name rather than call him `Mo or Abdul-Abdullah-Achmed or whatever his trash name is.

Yeah, a muslim terrorist named Hussein would be an absolute NIGHTMARE for the media, given Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

“FORT HOOD, Texas – A gunman opened fire at Fort Hood in central Texas, killing at least one person and wounding several others before taking his own life, CBS News has confirmed.

The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at Fort Hood, the site of a 2009 mass shooting.

CBS affiliate KWTX reported said one death had been confirmed and as many as 15 other people were injured. The gunman died of a self-inflicted wound, law enforcement sources told CBS News.

Sources identified the suspect as 34-year-old soldier Ivan Lopez. A source said the violence apparently stemmed from some sort of soldier dispute.

Warning sirens went off on Wednesday afternoon and all personnel were urged to shelter in place as the base went on lockdown.

“There has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. Emergency crews are on the scene. No further details are known at this time,” the post said in a brief statement…

A man who said he was a witness told KWTX that about 20 shots were fired at a post motor pool. The man said he saw a soldier jumping over a fence and running away, but it was not clear whether that solider may have been the shooter.

First responders from surrounding communities headed to the post, home of the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division.

A White House spokesman said President Barack Obama had been informed of the shooting and would be updated as more information is available. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was also informed, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said.

Ford Hood near Killeen in central Texas was the site of a mass murder on Nov. 5, 2009, when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire at a soldier readiness center on the base. He shot 13 people dead and wounded more than 30 others. It was the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base.

Hasan, who was left paralyzed when he was shot by police responding to the shooting spree, has been sentenced to death for the rampage…”

This is innsane! why are our troops sitting ducks in their bases in Aamerica?? They should be allowed to carry weapons while on the base! and no Jihadists allowed in fort hood!!!

sadsushi on April 2, 2014 at 7:46 PM

You can’t even carry guns within your home if you live on base. If you have a personal gun, it must be registered and locked up in the armory. Military bases which are sometimes small cities are the most unarmed places in the world despite being surrounded by weaponry.

This is innsane! why are our troops sitting ducks in their bases in Aamerica?? They should be allowed to carry weapons while on the base! and no Jihadists allowed in fort hood!!!

sadsushi on April 2, 2014 at 7:46 PM

The Norfolk Navy Base incident last week involved the disarming the Petty Officer of the Watch of the USS Mahan and using the weapon to kill another sailor. What you won’t see in any of the reports is the fact that the Petty Officer of the Watch was a female who hesitated in using armed force when the situation called for it.

Most likely an American islam convert would be my guess. Which means the media will INSIST on using his pre-islamic name rather than call him `Mo or Abdul-Abdullah-Achmed or whatever his trash name is.